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16.2 Exercise 15

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A wave is modeled by the wave function y(x,t)=(0.30m)sin[2π4.50m(x−18.00mst)].y \left(x , t\right) = \left(0.30 \text{m}\right) \text{sin} \left[\frac{2 \pi}{4.50 \text{m}} \left(x - 18.00 \frac{\text{m}}{\text{s}} t\right)\right] . What are the amplitude, wavelength, wave speed, period, and frequency of the wave?

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